Michele Spagnuolo

Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old software engineer, was charged with wire fraud and money laundering after allegedly using nonpublic Google data to win bets on Polymarket about which celebrities, including Kendrick Lamar, would be the 'most-searched' people globally, earning $1.2 million.

A Google software engineer was charged with insider trading after allegedly using internal search data to profit $1.2 million on Polymarket bets predicting top searched public figures in 2025. The Justice Department accused him of misappropriating confidential information from Google to place profitable trades on a prediction market platform.

A Google security engineer was charged with using confidential search trends to profit $1.2 million on Polymarket. He faces federal charges including violating the Commodity Exchange Act, wire fraud, and money laundering. The DOJ and CFTC are involved, and Google has placed him on leave.

Michele Spagnuolo, who has worked at Google since 2014, is accused of using confidential information to win $1.2 million in Polymarket bets, according to federal charges. He faces one count each of commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.

A Google software engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, was charged by the US DoJ with using insider information to rig bets on Polymarket, earning $1.2 million by predicting Google’s most-searched list. The case involves allegations of exploiting confidential data to bet on long-shot candidates like indie musician D4vd, who appeared on the list after an arrest.

A Google employee used confidential 2025 'Year in Search' data to make over $1.2 million in Polymarket bets on search trends. The employee, Michele Spagnuolo, was charged with insider trading for leveraging non-public information to profit from prediction market wagers.

A Google engineer in Zurich, Michele Spagnuolo, faces U.S. charges for allegedly exploiting confidential data about Google's 2025 Year in Search to make $2.75 million in Polymarket bets, profiting $1.2 million. The FBI alleges he laundered proceeds via cryptocurrency transactions and decentralized exchanges.

The U.S. Justice Department and CFTC accuse Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo of profiting $1.2 million through insider trading on Polymarket by leveraging non-public information from his job.

A Google software engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, was charged by federal prosecutors for insider trading on Polymarket. The DOJ alleges he used nonpublic data from Google's 'Year in...' to gain an unfair advantage.

Michele Spagnuolo, a Google employee, was charged with insider trading for allegedly using confidential information to profit from Polymarket bets related to Google's most-searched list. The case highlights misuse of non-public data for financial gain.

A Google employee, Michele Spagnuolo, was charged with fraud after allegedly using confidential company data to win $1.2 million on Polymarket bets related to 2025 search trends. He was arrested in New York and released on a $2.25 million bond, facing charges including commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.

Google Security Engineer Michele Spagnuolo was arrested for allegedly making over $1 million on Polymarket by trading on confidential information about Google Search traffic. Federal prosecutors accused her of using insider knowledge to profit from the prediction market platform.